Now all roads lead to France and heavy is the tread
Of the living; but the dead returning lightly dance.
Edward Thomas, Roads

Friday, October 30, 2020

Lt. Xavier Fluhr's Remarkable Photo Collection

Lieutenant Xavier Paul Fluhr (1885–1956) was an officer with the French 38th Army Corps.  He was apparently a photographer himself, but his collection of war photographs also contain images seized from German prisoners.  Here are a dozen from his collection of over 400 photographs.

Kaiser Wilhelm II Decorating a Wounded Manfred von Richthofen




Fokker Eindecker E-3 Taking Off



Crash of German Rumpler Fighter



Bombs Falling on a Railyard



Tribute to French Pilot Joseph Vachon, KIA



Crown Prince Wilhelm Hosting the Tsar of Bulgaria



Crown Prince Wilhelm at His Headquarters for the Battle of Verdun



Damaged Reims Cathedral from the Air



French Lookout Killed at Post and Devoured by Rats



German Prisoners



Trenches at Berry-au-Bac, April 1916



Military Attachés at GQG de Compiègne


Source:  Hérault Department, France, Archives

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